C  U  R  R  I  C  U  L  U  M     V  I  T A  E

GARETH JOHNSON


Plas Hafren,


Eglwyswrw,


Crymych,                                                                  


Pembrokeshire                                                        


SA41 3UL                                                                                                                                                                                     


Phone: 01239 891368


Mobile: 07770 225227


  gjltd@mac.com


PRESENT OCCUPATIONS                                                                                                                                                           


Director, Gareth Johnson Ltd                                                                                                         


Freelance General Manager, Producer and Consultant                                                                                           


Trustee David Garrick Scholarship

Freelance Narrator (Video Documentaries The People Profiles)

GENERAL INFORMATION


Career has and does include work as an Actor in Rep, West End, Voice over, Narration, Tours Television and Radio


All levels of General, Production and Stage Management - Small Scale Tours to major West End Musicals


General Manager Stoll Moss Theatres Production Dept - all ten Theatres.


Technical and General Management - Aldwych Vaudeville and Adelphi Theatres.


Administrative Management and Consultancy.


Producer in Commercial and Subsidised Theatre


Member SOLT


Member The League of Independent Producers

National Adviser, Arts Council of Wales (until Jan 09)


Board of Tara Arts 2007 - 2012


Chair of Tara Arts 2007 - 2009

Board of Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan 2001 - 2025

Trustee David Garrick Scholarship 2021 -




2008     

General Manager

Lee Menzies Ltd/ICW Productions Ltd  

IMAGINE THIS

New London Theatre


2008     

General Manager

Act Productions Ltd

CROWN MATRIMONIAL

Pre-Production /Tour


2008     

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2007         

General Manager

Cine Entertainment Promoters Ltd

MISS BOLLYWOOD - THE MUSICAL


2007         

General Manager     

Lee Menzies Ltd/ICW Productions Ltd

IMAGINE THIS

Workshop and Theatre Royal Plymouth


2007         

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2006         

General Manager

Lee Menzies Ltd/ICW Productions Ltd

IMAGINE THIS

Production Planning


2006          

General Manager

Tara Arts

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Tour and London


2006         

General Manager

Eternity London Ltd

Production Planning


2006         

Consultancy

RADA

Student Mentoring


2006         

General Manager

Tara Arts

AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

Tour and London


2006          

Production Support

Woolf London Ltd

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF

Apollo Theatre London


2006         

Consultancy/General Management

Tara Arts


2005          

Consultancy

ILW Productions

SALSA

Production Planning


2005          

General Manager

Bluemagic Touring Ltd

JUS' LIKE THAT!

National Tour


2005         

Consultancy

Lee Menzies Ltd


2005          

General Manager

Tara Arts

MERCHANT OF VENICE

National Tour


2005          

General Manager

ACT Productions Ltd

THE FAR PAVILIONS

Shaftesbury Theatre London


2005     

Consultancy

Tara Arts


2004          

Consultancy

Really Useful Theatres Ltd


2004          

General Manager

Tara Arts


2004          

General Manager

London Songs Ltd

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

Savoy Theatre London


2004          

Production Support

Goat UK Ltd

THE GOAT

Apollo Theatre London


2004          

Consultancy

Shell Castle Film Corporation Ltd

          

2003          

General Manager

Bluemagic Productions Ltd

JUS' LIKE THAT!

Tour and Garrick Theatre London


2003          

Consultancy

Broadhouse Productions


2003          

General Manager

Tara Arts Group Ltd


2003          

Consultancy

Really Useful Theatres Ltd


2002          

Consultancy

The Ashton Group


2002          

Production Support

Feelgood Productions Ltd

FEELGOOD

Garrick Theatre London


2002          

Producer     

Gareth Johnson Ltd

THE ISLAND

Old Vic Theatre London and Tour


2001          

Producer

Tara Arts

JOURNEY TO THE WEST

National Tour


2001          

General Manager

Broadhouse Productions Ltd

ONLY YOU CAN SAVE MANKIND

Production Planning


2001          

Consultancy

London Productions Ltd

FEELGOOD

Garrick Theatre London


2001           

Consultancy

Theatre Royal Haymarket


2001          

Consultancy

The V Group Ltd


2000          

General Manager

Lee Menzies Ltd

THE ACCUSED

Theatre Royal, Haymarket London


2000          

Production Support

Independent Image

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH

Queens Theatre, London


2000         

General Manager

Wit (UK) Ltd

WIT

Vaudeville Theatre, London


1997-9       

General Manager

Stoll Moss Theatres

Production Department


1994-7       

General Manager

Michael Codron Plays Ltd

Tours and West End Productions

Aldwych Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre, Adelphi Theatre


1988-94

Production & Technical Manager     

Michael Codron Ltd

Tours and West End Productions

Aldwych Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre, Adelphi Theatre


1976-87      

Company & Stage Manager

Michael Codron Ltd and others

West End and UK Tours


1975-6       

Deputy Stage Manager

Michael Codron Ltd

Tours and West End


1973-5    

Assistant Stage Manager

Michael Codron Ltd

ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR

Tour, Criterion and Vaudeville Theatres London


1972          

Actor

Frinton and Southwold Theatres


1972          

Clerical Assistant

Richmond Council


1972-8        

Actor

Various Radio and TV Series, Plays etc


1970           

Actor

Birmingham Repertory Theatre




EXPERIENCE


2025     

Consultant General Manager     

Phizzical Productions Ltd


2024

UK General Manager

Walking Path Entertainment

A Brief Crack of Light

Produced by Chris Spencer, Bill Semans, Jeff Hohman               

In develpment for London opening.


2023          

Consultant General Manager

Belka Productions Ltd

The Mongol Khan

Produced by Bayra Bela and Unurmaa Janchiv                    

London Coliseum Theatre


2023     

General manager                         

LV Mob Ltd

THE LAVENDER HILL MOB

UK Tour with Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards

Produced by Patrick Myles, Ros Povey and David Luff


2023          

General Manager

Marmax Theatricals Ltd

Production Planning forthcoming Productions                   

Producers: Maxwell Mitchell and Sandy Marshall


2023          

Production Planning "MONGOL KHAN"      

London Coliseum November 2023

Producer Oliver King for Belka Productions

and Hero Productions


2022          

General Manager          

LV Mob Ltd

THE LAVENDER HILL MOB

UK Tour with Miles Jupp and Justin Edwards

Produced by Patrick Myles, Ros Povey and David Luff


2022          

General Manager

Holofcener Ltd

ALLIANCE

An adaptation by Giles Cole of the book

"Churchill and Roosevelt: The Big Sleepover at the White House"

In Development. Produced by Julia Holofcener



2021          

Executive Producer                 

Ryan Hugh Mackey Productions Limited

HAY FEVER - THE MUSICAL

Development and Workshop


2021          

Executive Producer and General Manager

Sherlock Holmes Tour UK Ltd

THE REVENGE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES!

Development and Planning


2020          

General Manager

Fellowship for Performing Arts and

Lee Menzies Ltd

C S Lewis THE MOST RELUCTANT CONVERT

UK Tour planning


2020          

General Manager

Pretpakhuis bv.

CHARLEY

UK Development and Workshop in association with Guy Chapman


2020          

Consultant Producer              

Ryan Hugh Mackey Productions Limited

GORILLAS IN THE MIST

Development and Workshop



2019          

General Manager

The GradeLinnit Company

MAN OF LA MANCHA

directed by Lonny Price with Kelsey Grammer,

Danielle de Niese, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Cassidy Janson

London Coliseum.



2018          

General Manager

The GradeLinnit Company

CHESS

directed by Laurence Connor with Michael Ball, Phillip Browne,

Alexandra Burke, Tim Howar, Cassidy Janson and Cedric Neal.

London Coliseum.


            

2017          

General Manager                                       

The GradeLinnit Company/ENO

CAROUSEL

with Katherine Jenkins and Alfie Boe directed by Lonny Price

London Coliseum



2017          

General Manager

The GradeLinnit Company

42ND ST

with Sheena Easton and directed by Mark Bramble

Theatre Royal Drury Lane



2016          

General Manager (for Guy Chapman Target-Live Ltd)

 UP & DOWN

The Eifman Ballet of St Petersburg at the London Coliseum



2016          

General Manager                                       

Fellowship for Performing Arts New York and Lee Menzies Ltd

C.S. Lewis THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS

With, directed by and co-adapted by (with Jeffrey Fiske) Max McLean



2016          

General Manager                                       

The GradeLinnit Company/ENO

SUNSET BOULEVARD

Andrew Lloyd-Webber/Don Black/Christopher Hampton

with Glenn Close directed by Lonny Price

London Coliseum



2015          

General Management services

The GradeLinnit Company                                  

Various Musical and Concert Musical projects



2015          

General Manager (for BungaBunga Productions Ltd)

WHEN BLAIR HAD BUSH AND BUNGA

Written and Directed by

Patrick Ryecart                                             

Pleasance One Edinburgh Festival


2015          

General Manager (for Guy Chapman Target-Live Ltd)

Paradigm Studios Ltd

BEYOND BOLLYWOOD

London Palladium May - June 2015

Director/Choreographer Rajeev Goswami


2015          

Joint General Manager (with Giles Rowland Mark Goucher Ltd)

TKS Onstage Ltd

THE KING'S SPEECH

UK Tour Director Roxanna Silbert


2015          

Joint General Manager (with Giles Rowland Mark Goucher Ltd)

Oh What A Lovely War Ltd

OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR

UK Tour Director Terry Johnson


2014          

General Manager

Mossovet State Academic Theatre

UNCLE VANYA and THREE SISTERS

Director Andrei Konchalovsky

Wyndham's Theatre


2014          

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2013          

General Manager

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Eternity Productions Ltd

Shaftesbury Theatre


2013          

General Manager

I WILL SURVIVE

A Musical in Development

Jamie Wilson Productions


2013          

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2012          

Production Consultant

OUR BOYS

Seabright Productions

Duchess Theatre


2012          

General Manager

 WONDERFUL TOWN

UK Tour. Directed by Braham Murray

Royal Exchange Theatre, The Hallé Orchestra and The Lowry, Lee Menzies and Kenneth Wax


2012          

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2012          

General Manager

THE NIGHT OF 1000 VOICES

Royal Albert Hall

JGPC for Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research


2011          

General Manager

COWARDY CUSTARD

UK Tour directed by Paul Foster

Dillie Keane, Kit & The Widow

Evergreen Theatrical Productions Ltd & Lee Menzies Ltd


2011          

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2011          

General Manager

JOURNEY'S END

UK Tour and West End. Directed by David Grindley

Lee Menzies Ltd & Act Productions Ltd



2010          

General Management

Lee Menzies Ltd


2010          

General Manager

EMPIRE

Empire BA LLC

Production Planning


2010          

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students


2009          

Guest Lecturer

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School


2009          

General Manager

Eternity Productions Ltd

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Production Planning


2009          

Production Consultant

Josephine Buchan Productions Ltd

DUSTY – THE MUSICAL

Production Planning


2009          

General Management

Lee Menzies Ltd


2009          

Guest Lecturer

LAMDA


2009          

Course Tutor

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Short course on Producing for MA students



2009     

General Manager

ILW Productions Ltd

TOUCHED……FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME

Trafalgar Studios